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Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment:What kind of relationship is there?

Caetano, José Manuel Martins; Caleiro, António - Departamento de Economia, Universidade de Évora - 2005

pursue foreign direct investment (FDI) opportunities on a global basis, countries compete to attract these flows. Investment … countries. Recent studies suggest that corruption negatively impacts on FDI and may act as a disincentive to investment. By … using information for 97 countries, concerning inward FDI performance and perceived level of corruption, this paper intends …

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Is FDI Taking the Orient Express?

Vieira, Carlos; Galego, Aurora; Vieira, Isabel - Departamento de Economia, Universidade de Évora - 2005

Is foreign direct investment crossing Europe towards the East? During the last few years, news of foreign direct disinvestments have regularly emerged on the Portuguese media. The group of suspects have been identified as the new European Union members, where low wages, low corporate taxes and a...

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SOVEREIGN RISK, FDI SPILLOVERS, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

Sebastián, Fidel Pérez; Maliar, Lilia; Maliar, Serguei - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2005

-country model where Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) creates positive externalities in domestic production. We show that if … data, such as rising-over-time patterns of foreign capital and FDI in developing countries. In addition, the model offers … an economic rationale for the FDI restrictions observed across nations. …

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Michigan's Stake in International Trade and Investment

Deardorff, Alan V. - Research Seminar in International Economics, University … - 2002

This paper provides descriptive data on the interactions of the economy of the State of Michigan with the rest of the world outside the United States. Most of the focus is on international trade and investment, with specific attention to Michigan's exports and the foreign ownership of...

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Distance and FDI when Contracts are Incomplete

Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P.; Turrini, Alessandro - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2002

We introduce incomplete outsourcing contracts in an otherwise standard model of MNEs based on the trade-off between proximity and concentration. This has both positive and normative implications. As to the former, incomplete outsourcing contracts can account for the observed emergence of FDIs in...

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Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe: Employment Effects in the EU

Braconier, Henrik; Ekholm, Karolina - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2002

We use firm-level data on Swedish multinationals to analyze how the recent expansion of affiliate employment in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has affected affiliate employment elsewhere. According to our results, employment in affiliates located in other low-wage countries in Europe decreased...

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Foreign Direct Investment and the Single Market

Neary, J. Peter - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2001

In this paper, I present a simple framework in which some of these issues can be considered. I focus on a single industry (so general equilibrium repercussions are ignored), and on the location decisions of a single potential multinational firm. I begin by paying more attention than usual to the...

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Foreign Direct Investment and Country-Specific Human Capital

Kim, Jinyoung; Park, Jungsoo - Institute of Economic Research, Korea University - 2007

country of foreign study. An increase in foreign-educated labor in an FDI-host country thus attracts more FDI from the country … of foreign study. We find evidence from bilateral FDI and foreign-student data for 63 countries over the period of 1963 … of growth in FDI flows during the sample period. …

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Competition for FDI with vintage investment and agglomeration advantages

Konrad, Kai A.; Kovenock, Dan - Krannert School of Management, Purdue University - 2008

Countries compete for new FDI investment, whereas stocks of FDI generate agglomeration benefits and are potentially … in the equilibrium is substantial, and higher on "old" FDI than on "new" FDI, even though countries are not allowed to …

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Fear of Relocation? Assessing the Impact of Italy’s FDI on Local Employment

Federico, Stefano; Minerva, Gaetano Alfredo - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Metodi … - 2005

Italy's outward foreign direct investment (FDI) on local employment growth between 1996 and 2001 for 12 manufacturing … industries. We find that FDI towards advanced countries is associated with faster local employment growth, relatively to the …

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